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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Stag Hill
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Stag Hill
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Select a an exam type
• Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our wards and operating theatre, to practise real scenarios on lifelike paediatric and neonatal manikins and actors.• Benefit from a course that allows for 50% theoretical learning, 50% practical learning in clinical placements, to ensure you meet the requirements of our registering body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).• Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS. Many are also active researchers, investigating topics like cancer, dementia, ethics and compassionate practice.• Get the academic requirements needed to register with the NMC to work as a children's nurse once you’ve graduated.
What you will studyIn your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to children’s nursing, including concepts of caring (such as communication), anatomy and physiology, and public health promotion, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.During your second year, you’ll build upon the knowledge gained in your first year with more complex concepts and exploration of children and young people who are acutely unwell. You’ll gain a more in-depth appreciation of safeguarding as well as developing your understanding of research and the application of evidence.In your third year, you’ll develop your decision-making and leadership skills and will gain insight into how psychosocial, spiritual, ethical and legal influences have an impact on the way patient care is provided. You’ll learn about complex and chronic conditions affecting infants, children and young people and how care decisions impact the holistic delivery of care.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BBC Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
BBBBB Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
BBC Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:21,M:24 Grades / Points required
Extended Project:
A Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
31 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DMM Grades / Points required
T Level:
M Grades / Points required
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Overall: BBCApplicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.Recent study within the last five years required.We do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.
Overall:BBBBBRecent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C While not required, applicants with a C in National 5 Science will be preferred.
Overall: BBCRecent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language - C Scottish National 5: Maths - C While not required, applicants with a C in National 5 Science will be preferred.
Overall:QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 21 at Distinction and 24 at Merit.Recent study within the last five years required.Required subjects:Must include 15 level 3 credits in Science.
Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects.Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey.
Overall: 31 overall including 5,5,5 at Higher Level.Recent study within the last five years required.GCSE or Equivalent: English language A HL4/SL4 or English language B HL5/SL6 and mathematics (either course) HL4/SL4. While not required, applicants who achieve HL4/SL4 in a science subject will be preferred.
Overall:DMMRecent study within the last five years required.
Overall:MeritRequired subject: Health, Science or Healthcare Science
Overall:Pass overall with BBC from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.Recent study within the last five years required.
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